The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and its Role in Society

I liked how Microsoft is setting a great example to the commercial sector to take social and economic responsibility for AI specifically and technological innovations in general. I would recommend this book to legislators, corporate executives, the education establishment, and young people around the world. I gave this book the highest rating due to manner in which it addressed this important content. Thank you.

Good summary of AI and its ethics from Microsoft leaders.

Great book covering a good overview about AI with ethics perspective. There’s nothing about technical details I recommend for everyone that would like to know about AÍ, but for technicians this book can disappoint.

I read the Kindle edition of this book.I spent $10 on this book, and wouldn't recommend anyone do that. Although there is some good points raised, and I especially like the 6 key principles, the book is too long by half. Microsoft spent a lot of time discussing the gig economy (things like driving for Uber) and how to take care of those employees. That section was irrelevant to the premise of the book, and very American-centric.If you are interested in AI, I would say its worth the two hours to read the free PDF download from Microsoft's site. Amazon won't let me link to it, but you can find it by searching "future computed microsoft blog download" on Google.

This is a very interesting book. The impact of AI on society deserves this kind of thoughtful analysis, especially from policy makers and technology companies. The anecdotes from the authors’ lives about the level of technology existing in the U.S. and China just 20 years ago (at the beginning of the book) was a great way to highlight the pace of change in technology as they discuss the future of AI. It is amazing to live in this era. A very thought provoking book.